Cornelis Berkhouwer

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Cornelis Berkhouwer
Berkhouwer in 1968
Member of the Municipal Council of Alkmaar
In office 1949–1961
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1979–1956
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1963–1984
President of the European Parliament
In office 1973–1975
Personal details
Born	(1919-03-19)19 March 1919 Alkmaar, Netherlands
Died	5 October 1992(1992-10-05) (aged 73) Alkmaar, Netherlands
Citizenship	Netherlands European Union
Political party	VVD European Liberal Democrats

Cornelis "Cees" Berkhouwer (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪz ˈbɛr(ə)kˌɦʌuər], 19 March 1919 – 5 October 1992) was a Dutch politician.

He was a Member of the European Parliament between 1964 and 1984, for the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, which sat as part of the Liberal Democrat group in the Parliament. Between 13 March 1973 and 10 March 1975, he served as President of the European Parliament.

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution.^[1][2] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.^[3]